This is another one of those feel-good schemes. By doing the things on the list, you feel like you're doing your part to combat useless mail and unsolicited calls. The truth is, you're not likely to have much of an impact.
Telemarketing works. Junk mail works. These types of advertising result in sales; I know this because the companies responsible keep doing this. Marketing in this fashion takes resources, namely money. And if they weren't making their money back, the businesses responsible wouldn't bother.
My method of dealing with telemarketers is simple. I tell them at earliest convenience that I'm not interested in what they have to sell. The individual on the other end of the phone is a person too and is simply trying to earn a day's wage. Why would I take my frustration at being called out on him?
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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